Ted Ashton Phillips, of Charleston, departed this life for Heavenly rest May 23.
He was a son of Clarence Ernest Phillips and Phronie Dennis Phillips.
Mr. Phillips graduated from Clemson University and was Chairman and Co-Founder of Carolina Eastern Inc. He served as Chairman of the USDA Farm Service Agency of South Carolina, and on the Board of Visitors of Clemson University and received the Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Award. Mr. Phillips also served on the boards of Porter Gaud School , Cypress Gardens, The Calhoun College and Honors College of Clemson University and was one of the six original founders of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education, the parent organization for the University of South Carolina, Sumter.
He was part owner of the Charleston RiverDogs Baseball team as well as several other minor league teams.
Mr. Phillips was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, SC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Carolina Yacht Club, Yeamans Hall Club, SC Agricultural Society, The Charleston Club, The Oakland Club, The Hibernian Society and the New England Society.
He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, LaVonne Nalley Phillips, his sons: G. Mark Phillips and his wife Karen; Alton C. Phillips, Sr. and his wife Kathryn; his daughter: Sarah Phillips Marshall, and her husband, Alex; his daughter-in-law: Alice Janet Hopkins; his grandchildren: Ashley, Louisa, and George Phillips; Katie, Alton, Ashton III and Will Phillips; Alexander, LaVonne and Phillips Marshall; Alice and Sara Phillips; a brother: B.K. Phillips and two sisters: Anna P. Chandler and Jane P. Hodge.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. a brother, C.E. Phillips, Jr. and a sister, Carolyn P. Hendrickson.
He was a son of Clarence Ernest Phillips and Phronie Dennis Phillips.
Mr. Phillips graduated from Clemson University and was Chairman and Co-Founder of Carolina Eastern Inc. He served as Chairman of the USDA Farm Service Agency of South Carolina, and on the Board of Visitors of Clemson University and received the Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Award. Mr. Phillips also served on the boards of Porter Gaud School , Cypress Gardens, The Calhoun College and Honors College of Clemson University and was one of the six original founders of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education, the parent organization for the University of South Carolina, Sumter.
He was part owner of the Charleston RiverDogs Baseball team as well as several other minor league teams.
Mr. Phillips was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, SC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Carolina Yacht Club, Yeamans Hall Club, SC Agricultural Society, The Charleston Club, The Oakland Club, The Hibernian Society and the New England Society.
He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, LaVonne Nalley Phillips, his sons: G. Mark Phillips and his wife Karen; Alton C. Phillips, Sr. and his wife Kathryn; his daughter: Sarah Phillips Marshall, and her husband, Alex; his daughter-in-law: Alice Janet Hopkins; his grandchildren: Ashley, Louisa, and George Phillips; Katie, Alton, Ashton III and Will Phillips; Alexander, LaVonne and Phillips Marshall; Alice and Sara Phillips; a brother: B.K. Phillips and two sisters: Anna P. Chandler and Jane P. Hodge.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. a brother, C.E. Phillips, Jr. and a sister, Carolyn P. Hendrickson.
Ted Ashton Phillips, of Charleston, departed this life for Heavenly rest May 23.
He was a son of Clarence Ernest Phillips and Phronie Dennis Phillips.
Mr. Phillips graduated from Clemson University and was Chairman and Co-Founder of Carolina Eastern Inc. He served as Chairman of the USDA Farm Service Agency of South Carolina, and on the Board of Visitors of Clemson University and received the Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Award. Mr. Phillips also served on the boards of Porter Gaud School , Cypress Gardens, The Calhoun College and Honors College of Clemson University and was one of the six original founders of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education, the parent organization for the University of South Carolina, Sumter.
He was part owner of the Charleston RiverDogs Baseball team as well as several other minor league teams.
Mr. Phillips was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, SC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Carolina Yacht Club, Yeamans Hall Club, SC Agricultural Society, The Charleston Club, The Oakland Club, The Hibernian Society and the New England Society.
He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, LaVonne Nalley Phillips, his sons: G. Mark Phillips and his wife Karen; Alton C. Phillips, Sr. and his wife Kathryn; his daughter: Sarah Phillips Marshall, and her husband, Alex; his daughter-in-law: Alice Janet Hopkins; his grandchildren: Ashley, Louisa, and George Phillips; Katie, Alton, Ashton III and Will Phillips; Alexander, LaVonne and Phillips Marshall; Alice and Sara Phillips; a brother: B.K. Phillips and two sisters: Anna P. Chandler and Jane P. Hodge.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. a brother, C.E. Phillips, Jr. and a sister, Carolyn P. Hendrickson.
He was a son of Clarence Ernest Phillips and Phronie Dennis Phillips.
Mr. Phillips graduated from Clemson University and was Chairman and Co-Founder of Carolina Eastern Inc. He served as Chairman of the USDA Farm Service Agency of South Carolina, and on the Board of Visitors of Clemson University and received the Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Award. Mr. Phillips also served on the boards of Porter Gaud School , Cypress Gardens, The Calhoun College and Honors College of Clemson University and was one of the six original founders of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education, the parent organization for the University of South Carolina, Sumter.
He was part owner of the Charleston RiverDogs Baseball team as well as several other minor league teams.
Mr. Phillips was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, SC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Carolina Yacht Club, Yeamans Hall Club, SC Agricultural Society, The Charleston Club, The Oakland Club, The Hibernian Society and the New England Society.
He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, LaVonne Nalley Phillips, his sons: G. Mark Phillips and his wife Karen; Alton C. Phillips, Sr. and his wife Kathryn; his daughter: Sarah Phillips Marshall, and her husband, Alex; his daughter-in-law: Alice Janet Hopkins; his grandchildren: Ashley, Louisa, and George Phillips; Katie, Alton, Ashton III and Will Phillips; Alexander, LaVonne and Phillips Marshall; Alice and Sara Phillips; a brother: B.K. Phillips and two sisters: Anna P. Chandler and Jane P. Hodge.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. a brother, C.E. Phillips, Jr. and a sister, Carolyn P. Hendrickson.
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